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Sketch Survivor Island

Allen Williams

I’d like to try something a little different this August on Muddy Colors and engage you in my process in a more direct way. Below, you’ll find a full page of sketches pulled straight from one of my sketchbooks. Each individual sketch is numbered so you can reference it. What I would like you to do is take a moment, look through these eight sketches, and choose the number of the one that speaks to…

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Oath Hammer

Justin Gerard

August 5, 2025 - I recently had the pleasure of working with the tabletop RPG Oath Hammer to create a cover and several illustrations. Today, I'd like to share some of the work for them with you! I love the challenge that these kinds of projects present: complex character interactions, cool backgrounds, interesting lighting and texture opportunities, and most of all, visual storytelling. This image in particular called for a classic group of RPG heroes who have encountered some hostile foliage in a misty forest. I don't think "hostile foliage" was the term used by the art director exactly, but as a homeowner with a yard that backs an equatorial jungle here in Georgia, all foliage is hostile to me. Just before this job came in I had to chop a tree down on the property which had acquired…

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